Natasha Lester worked as a marketing executive for L’Oreal before turning her hand to writing. She won the Hungerford Award for her first novel What is Left Over, After. Since then, she’s become a New York Times-bestselling author of seven historical novels, including The French Photographer, The Paris Secret, The Riviera House, and The Three Lives of Alix St Pierre. Her books have been translated into many different languages and are published all around the world. When she’s not writing, she loves collecting vintage fashion and practising the art of fashion illustration. Natasha lives with her husband and three children in Perth, Western Australia.